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Inflammation shapes pathogenesis of murine arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.


ABSTRACT: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is an incurable genetic disease, whose pathogenesis is poorly understood. AC is characterized by arrhythmia, fibrosis, and cardiodilation that may lead to sudden cardiac death or heart failure. To elucidate AC pathogenesis and to design possible treatment strategies of AC, multiple murine models have been established. Among them, mice carrying desmoglein 2 mutations are particularly valuable given the identification of desmoglein 2 mutations in human AC and the detection of desmoglein 2 auto-antibodies in AC patients. Using two mouse strains producing either a mutant desmoglein 2 or lacking desmoglein 2 in cardiomyocytes, we test the hypothesis that inflammation is a major component of disease pathogenesis. We show that multifocal cardiomyocyte necrosis initiates a neutrophil-dominated inflammatory response, which also involves macrophages and T cells. Increased expression of Ccl2/Ccr2, Ccl3/Ccr5, and Cxcl5/Cxcr2 mRNA reflects the observed immune cell recruitment. During the ensuing acute disease phase, Mmp12+ and Spp1+ macrophages and T cells accumulate in scars, which mature from cell- to collagen-rich. The expression of Cx3cl1/Cx3cr1, Ccl2/Ccr2, and Cxcl10/Cxcr3 dominates this disease phase. We furthermore find that during chronic disease progression macrophages and T cells persist within mature scars and are present in expanding interstitial fibrosis. Ccl12 and Cx3cl1 are predominant chemokines in this disease phase. Together, our observations provide strong evidence that specific immune cell populations and chemokine expression profiles modulate inflammatory and repair processes throughout AC progression.

SUBMITTER: Lubos N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inflammation shapes pathogenesis of murine arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.

Lubos Nadine N   van der Gaag Svenja S   Gerçek Muhammed M   Kant Sebastian S   Leube Rudolf E RE   Krusche Claudia A CA  

Basic research in cardiology 20200612 4


Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is an incurable genetic disease, whose pathogenesis is poorly understood. AC is characterized by arrhythmia, fibrosis, and cardiodilation that may lead to sudden cardiac death or heart failure. To elucidate AC pathogenesis and to design possible treatment strategies of AC, multiple murine models have been established. Among them, mice carrying desmoglein 2 mutations are particularly valuable given the identification of desmoglein 2 mutations in human AC and the  ...[more]

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